{"id":14,"date":"2012-08-06T08:56:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T08:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elctecd.org\/cms\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2018-12-07T18:58:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:58:39","slug":"what-we-believe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/what-we-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"What we believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The basis of the faith for <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Eastern and Coastal Diocese<\/span> is that We believe, teach, and proclaim the truths of God\u2019s Word as found in the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Holy Bible<\/span> as the only basic and accurate basis for doctrines and church life and in the one-world relationship of the Church. Apostles, Apostles, Athanasio and Lutheran Churches, especially the Augsburg Non-Reformed Church and the Martin Lutheran Catechism are a true description of God\u2019s Word. Any code that contradicts this belief will be invalid.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The heart of the Lutheran Church\u2019s<\/span> beliefs is the doctrine of justification, the teaching of how we are declared righteous in God\u2019s sight.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">A sinner is justified by Grace alone<\/span> (sola Gratia)<span style=\"color: #008000;\"> through Faith alone<\/span> (sola Fide) <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">for the sake of Christ alone<\/span> (solus Christus), <span style=\"color: #008000;\">a truth revealed to us in Scripture alone<\/span> (sola Scriptura).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Only Method.<\/span><br \/>\nOur<span style=\"color: #008000;\"> justification<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #008000;\">salvation<\/span> are both solely by t<span style=\"color: #008000;\">he sovereign Grace of God.<\/span> John 3:16.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Only Means.<\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;We are saved by Faith Alone but the faith that saves is never alone&#8220; &#8211; Martin Luther.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Only Mediator.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Salvation<\/span> is possible only by HIS death and resurrection. Acts 4:12.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Only Foundation.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Bible<\/span> is the only infallible and sufficient rule for governing issues of life and doctrine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">SALVATION, CREATION and HUMAN BEING:<\/span><br \/>\n\u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Salvation<\/span> is not for sale\u201d, \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Creation<\/span> is not for sale\u201d and \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Human<\/span> being is not for sale\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The basis of the faith for Eastern and Coastal Diocese is that We believe, teach, and proclaim the truths of God\u2019s Word as found in the Holy Bible as the only basic and accurate basis for doctrines and church life and in the one-world relationship of the Church. Apostles, Apostles, Athanasio and Lutheran Churches, especially &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/what-we-believe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What we believe&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1353,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1681,"href":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/1681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elctecd.org\/ecden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}